Global seed distribution has now passed into the hands of the huge agrichemical companies. *PAT MOONEY* explains how this is putting the genetic base of our foods at risk and *HUGO FERNANDEZ* looks at the results of another activity of the same companies.…

This year two apparently firmly-rooted dictatorships has been overthrown by popular movements, one in Iran, the other in Nicaragua. Reports on: THE SANDINISTAS by *EDUARDO CRAWLEY* and IRAN by *VAHE PETROSSIAN*.…

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